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And on Monday, when Arnold Schwarzenegger takes the helm of the (slightly renamed) New Celebrity Apprentice, he’ll be taking the place of Donald Trump as the reality show’s host.

Trump has moved on to, well, a slightly more high-profile platform, though he still gets credited as a producer on his old show. This season features used-to-be-more-famous “celebrities” including Carnie Wilson, Boy George, Jon Lovitz and Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi.

So what else do Ah-nold and The Donald have in common? And how do they contrast? Let us count the ways.

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Arnold: “I’ll be back,” delivered in Austrian-accented monotone, is Schwarzenegger’s most famous one-liner from his Terminator days. What will he tell the celebrity apprentices who disappoint him? We’re betting on “Don’t be back.”

Donald: Trump would end each episode of The Apprentice by saying “You’re fired” to one of the contestants, a look of disdain in his eyes. As a presidential candidate he established so many other Trumpisms: “Bigly,” “Yuge,” “Loser” and “Wrong!”

POLITICS

Arnold: He served as governor of California for eight years, but the registered Republican came into the role in 2003 with no previous political experience.

Donald: He has supported positions and politicians on both the Republican and Democrat sides, and had never run for office before this campaign, which saw him elected the next president on Nov. 8.

OFFSPRING

Arnold: Five children, four with ex-wife Maria Shriver and one with Mildred Baena, who was the family’s housekeeper for 20 years.

Donald: Five children, three with first wife Ivana, one with second wife Marla Maples and one (10-year-old son Barron) with current wife Melania, the soon-to-be First Lady.

SCANDALS

Arnold: Schwarzenegger’s marriage dissolved in 2011 after his wife discovered he’d secretly fathered a son with their housekeeper. Joseph was born in 1997, just a week after Shriver gave birth to their fourth child, Christopher.

During his first run for governor in 2003, several women came forward to publicly accuse Schwarzenegger of sexual misconduct, a scandal dubbed “Gropegate.” He was nonetheless elected to office and re-elected in 2006.

Donald: Trump’s presidential campaign faltered in September, a few days before the first debate with opponent Hillary Clinton, when a 2005 recording surfaced during which Trump bragged to Access Hollywood host Billy Bush that he regularly sexually harassed Miss Universe contestants.

“I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, they let you do it, you can do anything . . . grab them by the p----,” Trump told Bush.

Several contestants from the pageant also claimed Trump would enter dressing rooms without knocking. He was nonetheless elected the 45th president of the United States.

AGE

Arnold: 69 (Born July 30, 1947, in Thal, Austria)

Donald: 70 (Born June 14, 1946, in Queens, N.Y.)

WEALTH

Arnold: Schwarzenegger’s personal wealth was estimated at $400 million (U.S.) in 2011 at the time of his separation and divorce from Shriver, though estimates have varied from $100 million to as high as $800 million.

Donald: Trump’s net worth has been estimated at $3.7 billion by reputable business magazine Forbes, though the man himself has often pegged it at $5 billion or more. Who can say for sure? Trump is the only presidential candidate since 1972 to defy tradition by refusing to release his tax returns.

ON CAMERA

Arnold: Schwarzenegger, of course, was one of the most bankable action stars of the 1980s and ’90s, gaining early attention as a rippling bodybuilder in the 1977 documentary Pumping Iron. He has 62 acting credits on IMDb, including the upcoming fourth instalment in The Expendables franchise.

Donald: While Trump can’t compete when it comes to actual acting experience, over the years he’s had hundreds of appearances on TV and in movies as himself, from Saturday Night Live to Dr. Phil to the Miss Universe pageants to WrestleMania to, of course, the reality show that helped make his business brand a household name.

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

Arnold: Schwarzenegger began a bricklaying business with a bodybuilder friend shortly after arriving in the U.S. and has since become a self-made multimillionaire through more than 100 ventures, including fitness centres, mail order, real-estate holdings, personal stock investments, managed stock accounts, private investment funds, venture funds and mutual funds.

Donald: With some start-up capital provided by his father Fred, Trump started a vast business empire with interests in more than 20 countries focused on real estate, including hotels, resorts, golf courses and casinos as well as a lucrative sideline in licensing or selling the Trump name to various properties.

ON THINKING

Arnold: “The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 per cent.”

Donald: “You have to think anyway, so why not think big?”

ON OBESITY

Arnold: “It’s simple. If it jiggles, it’s fat.”

Donald: “I have never seen a thin person drinking Diet Coke.”

ON BEING RICH

Arnold: “Money doesn’t make you happy. I now have $50 million, but I was just as happy when I had $48 million.”

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